KDE has released an update to the 4.4 series of our Software Compilation. Among other improvements, this update includes a fix for KMail hanging when sending emails that just missed the deadline for 4.4.0 and a number of fixes in many gearheads' favorite terminal emulator, Konsole.

As usual, this maintenance release also brings updated translations, but no new features. KDE recommends this update to everyone running 4.4.0 or earlier. Updated packages for many distros are becoming available as we speak.

The release team doesn't need to be involved, actually - any developer can (and should!) add their fixes to the changelog. And yes, it's still possible to add fixes after the release :). I've fired off a mail to Milian pointing him at the file.

even better. I can feel the changes. It feels smoother and even faster. Nice job guys.
One little thing though. In 4.3 I noticed that Kontact had a dock icon but it now disappeared. Actually I wanted to ask if it would be possible to configure Kontact so that it docks when i click the close button like Amarok or Kaffeine but the icon is now gone :(

Thanks for the great tip. I really wasn't aware of that. The only little problem that I am having with the Kontact icon now is that it disappears from the system tray when I close the window. I would be happy if it would dock like the KMail icon.